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John has won many awards. Not only
is he the only author in the history of the prize to win the Milton Acorn Award
twice, he has been nominated several times.
Year 2000 Awards - another short
list for the Milton Acorn Memorial People's Poetry Award! Click
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won the Souwesto Writing Award sponsored by U of Windsor and
Black Moss press.
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winner of the second annual Eric Hill Award of Excellence in
Poetry, The Honourary Life Member Award presented by the Canadian Poetry
Association, and short-listed for the 2006 CBC Literary Award.
- Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry Award, short list,
2004.
- Milton Acorn Memorial People’s Poetry Award, short list,
1997.
- People’s Political Poem, top ten winner, 1996.
- Tilden Award, shortlist, 1996.
- Petro Canada Poet Laureate, 1996.
- Tilden Award (CBC/ Saturday Night Magazine), 1995.
- Confederation Poetry Prize, special mention, 1995.
- Milton Acorn Memorial People’s Poetry Award winner, 1995,
1993.
- Humanities International Poetry, honourable mention, 1993.
- Charterhouse Poetry Award, England, short list, 1990.
- Roundhouse Poetry Award, first place, 1990; 1989.
- Nova Scotia Poetry Award, first place, 1989.
- Cross Canada Writers’ Quarterly, second runnerup,
1988.
- Milton Acorn Memorial People’s Poetry Award, runnerup,
1987.
- American Poetry Association, first place, 1985.
The Milton Acorn Memorial People’s Poetry Award is important.
Given in recognition of accessibility: the award came about when Milton Acorn was passed over for the
Governor General's Award -- our top honour -- in favour of some more academic
poet. The award was created by a group of poets to honour poets whose work
can truly be said to speak to the ordinary citizen, work written in the
tradition of people's poets such as Acorn, Dorothy Livesay, or Carl Sandburg.
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